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Directions: Read Text IV and answer questions 06, 07 and 08 accordingly.
TEXT IV
I know I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love;
5 My country is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade¹ me fight,
10 Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
15 A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.
(YEATS, W.B. An Irish Airman Foresees His Death in Rhyme and Reason, An Anthology. Org. O’MALLEY, Raymond. Hart-Davis Educational.)
Vocabulary:
1. Bid (bade, bidden): to tell somebody to do something.
In Text IV, the following phrase refers to dying:
Directions: Read Text IV and answer questions 06, 07 and 08 accordingly.
TEXT IV
I know I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate,
Those that I guard I do not love;
5 My country is Kiltartan Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade¹ me fight,
10 Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
15 A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death.
(YEATS, W.B. An Irish Airman Foresees His Death in Rhyme and Reason, An Anthology. Org. O’MALLEY, Raymond. Hart-Davis Educational.)
Vocabulary:
1. Bid (bade, bidden): to tell somebody to do something.
In Text IV, the following phrase refers to dying:
Resolução comentada
'Meet my fate' alude à morte.
'I know I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds' refere-se à sua morte nos ares. É um eufemismo para morrer.
Análise das alternativas
B) Errada: 'waste of breath' é inutilidade. C) Errada: 'tumult in the clouds' é a batalha. D) Errada: 'impulse of delight' é o motivo que o levou a lutar.
Referência: Yeats, 'An Irish Airman Foresees His Death'
Resolução comentada do VaiConcursos.